**MARIADB-CONVERT-TABLE-FORMAT**(1) MariaDB Database System **MARIADB-CONVERT-TABLE-FORMAT**(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

mariadb-convert-table-format - convert tables to use a given storage engine (mariadb-convert-table-format is now a symlink to mariadb-convert-table-format)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**mariadb-convert-table-format \[options] db\_name**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**mariadb\_convert\_table\_format** converts the tables in a database to use a particular storage engine (MyISAM by default). **mariadb-convert-table-format** is written in Perl and requires that the DBI and DBD::MariaDB Perl modules be installed (see Section 2.15, “Perl Installation Notes”).

Invoke **mariadb-convert-table-format** like this:

```
shell> mariadb-convert-table-format [options]db_name
```

The *db\_name* argument indicates the database containing the tables to be converted.

**mariadb-convert-table-format** supports the options described in the following list.

•**--help**

Display a help message and exit.

•**--force**

Continue even if errors occur.

•**--host=host\_name**

Connect to the MariaDB server on the given host.

•**--password=password**

The password to use when connecting to the server. Note that the password value is not optional for this option, unlike for other MariaDB programs.

Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. You can use an option file to avoid giving the password on the command line.

•**--port=port\_num**

The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

•**--socket=path**

For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use.

•**--type=engine\_name**

Specify the storage engine that the tables should be converted to use. The default is MyISAM if this option is not given.

•**--user=user\_name**

The MariaDB user name to use when connecting to the server.

•**--verbose**

Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.

•**--version**

Display version information and exit.

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2025 MariaDB Foundation

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Documentation, available online at https://mariadb.com/docs/

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).

5 March 2025 MariaDB 11.8

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Document: mariadb-convert-table-format(1) from mariadb-12.2 12.2.2-r9 (Chainguard OS)
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